The FBI Destroyed This Man's Life With Bogus Spying Accusations

For the last year, many Americans have believed that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was targeted for kidnapping last fall by a group of domestic terrorists. New reporting reveals that the scheme was partially orchestrated by the FBI. As that revelation ripped through social media this week, many people balked at the idea that federal law enforcement...

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Thoughts on the Sixth Circuit Ruling Against the CDC Eviction Moratorium

As co-blogger Jonathan Adler explains, today the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its decision in Tiger Lily, LLC v. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, ruling that the nationwide moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control is illegal. As Jonathan notes, the decision is unsurprising because it reaches the same conclusion...

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Man Says Oklahoma Police Seized $140K From Him Without Cause

A New Mexico man says Oklahoma sheriff's deputies seized more than $140,000 from him and his business partner on baseless suspicion of drug trafficking, and a local news outlet found the records to back up his story. Last week, Oklahoma news outlet News 4 reported that Thai Nang, a New Mexico businessman, claimed that the Canadian County Sheriff's...

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Judge Quattlebaum Eulogizes His CivPro Professor In Erie Case

On Wednesday, a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit decided Pledger v. Lynch. Judge Harris wrote the majority opinion, which Chief Judge Gregory joined. Judge Quattelbaum concurred in part and dissented in part. In his opening paragraph, he eulogized Professor Howard B. Stravitz, who recently passed away after nearly four decades of service at the University...

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U.S. Billionaire Wealth Would Fund Government For Just 6 Months

Where do Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson get off spending their own money to go into space when we already have a scandal-ridden and incompetent public agency for that very purpose? All Richard Branson ever did was give away half his fortune after foisting Tubular Bells and the Sex Pistols on the world. All Jeff Bezos ever did was make a year-long...

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Women Are on the Verge of Being Forced Into Military Conscription Due to a Perverse Notion of 'Equality'

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved a language change in the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would expand the "Selective Service"—the oxymoronically named requirement under threat of imprisonment for 18-year-old males to submit their names to a national registry of potential military conscripts—to include...

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. Motorists who get traffic tickets in rural Louisiana can talk to the judge, who, it just so happens, is often the mayor. The results are outrageous. Some towns and villages get more than 80% of their revenue from fines and fees. And though the U.S. Supreme...

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Sixth Circuit Concludes CDC Eviction Moratorium Is Unlawful

Today a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded, on the merits, that that Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Eviction Moratorium is unlawful in Tiger Lily, LLC v. HUD. This decision is no surprise because the Sixth Circuit had previously concluded that the federal government was unlikely to prevail on the...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Rules Out New Round of Lockdowns, Mask Mandates

While other jurisdictions toy with reinstituting public health restrictions in response to rising COVID-19 cases, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says that his state won't go in for another round of lockdowns and mask mandates. "If anyone is calling for lockdowns, you're not getting that done in Florida. I'm going to protect people's livelihoods. I'm...

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The UK Beat COVID-19, But Can It Beat Lockdowns?

Sixteen months on from our first recorded COVID-19 death, Britain finds itself in a paradoxical position: We're finally on the verge of defeating this awful virus—but we haven't yet beaten lockdown. With 70 percent of Britain's adult population fully vaccinated (and vaccination rates among seniors over 90 percent) daily COVID-19 deaths have slowed...

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